Day: September 5, 2014
Health groups vow to make Aquino accountable, push People’s Initiative vs Pork
“We, the health workers from different hospitals are one with the call of the Rx Abolish Pork Barrel System Movement to take the fight to the streets, schools, churches.” – Sean Velchez, president of the National Orthopedic Hospital Workers Union-AHW (NOHWU-AHW)
Amber
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Bishops, groups say no to reclamation
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle encouraged people to be “stewards of God’s creation,” and signed a petition to oppose the Laguna Lake Expressway Dike Project.
‘Teachers’ deaths add weight to call for salary increase’ – ACT
“This unfortunate incident will serve as an inspiration for us teachers to intensify our campaign for decent and living wages.” – France Castro, ACT secretary general
WEF rankings upgrade, what’s in it for ordinary Filipinos?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Philippines recently moved up seven notches from 59th to 52nd out of 144 countries in the ranking of the World Economic Forum (WEF) for “global competitiveness.” Malacañang hailed it as a major achievement and a gauge of the success of its ‘good governance’ thrust. Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said…